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tracyl0826
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Another sleep question...
tracyl0826
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Several weeks ago, we did CIO with my son. He's now falling to sleep on his own with some (~5-10 min) crying/fussing. However, he has been waking up 2-3 times per night. As of right now I am BFing him and he goes right back to sleep. However, I know he's not hungry most of the time, especially the 2nd and 3rd times he wakes up. So I need to figure out how to get him to stop waking up. I know I could just not go in to him at all, but it seems to be a lot to just cut him off completely. I'd like to wean him down to less wakings before completely cutting them out. However, I'm not sure how to do that. I feel like if I come in and feed him sometimes when he cries, and ignore him other times, I am sending him mixed messages. How have you handled this? Thanks!!
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Re: Another sleep question...
The Sleep Easy method suggest starting your regular timed check-ins when the child wakes/cries during the night - if you know he is not hungry.
Another Sleep Easy suggestion is to ween night time feedings alltogether. The method they offer is...
if your son wakes regularly to eat at 2:00am. You would feed him at 1:30am. That way he didn't actually 'wake up'. You would reduce the amount of time spent nursing gradually over time until you drop the feeding. That is obviously a very over simplified explanation. The book explains it much better.